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Tech Pair is a High-Touch, Founder-led Tech & Change recruitment partner based in Scotland, working with clients across the UK.

22/06/2026

The next episode of Tech Paired goes live later this week with Gerry Thomas.

And Gerry’s story is a brilliant reminder that career reinvention doesn’t come with an expiry date.

After 15 years in retail, Gerry made the decision to go back into education in his 40s, retrain in technology, and start again in a first-line helpdesk role.

But the truth is he wasn’t starting from zero.

Retail had already given him leadership, customer service, operational discipline, commercial awareness, resilience, and the ability to manage people under pressure.

He took those skills into IT and built a career that went from service desk to enterprise technology leadership, supporting large-scale systems, global users, Microsoft environments, governance, automation, licensing optimisation, and AI readiness.

In the episode, we cover:
• Going back to education later in life
• How to accelerate your career by solving bigger business problems
• What enterprise IT leadership actually looks like
• Microsoft licensing waste, Copilot governance, and automation
• Why AI without governance quickly becomes expensive risk

One of my favorite takeaways from Gerry was this:

“I didn’t start over I leveraged everything retail taught me and applied it to technology.”

For anyone wondering whether it’s too late to change career, move into tech or take a different path, this episode is well worth listening to.

Gerry Thomas | Reinventing Your Career at 40: From Retail to Global IT Leadership

Live later this week on Tech Paired.

18/06/2026

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐱 2✌️ | 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐠𝐨𝐰

Tech Pair are supporting a fantastic organisation in Glasgow with the appointment of two experienced Programme Managers' to play a key roles in a major transformation programme.

These are senior visible roles for someone who can bring structure, clarity and momentum across multiple interconnected projects and change initiatives.

You’ll be leading programme delivery across a complex environment, working closely with senior stakeholders, service areas, suppliers and external partners to turn strategy into outcomes that make a genuine difference.

We’re keen to speak with Programme Managers who have experience in:
✅ Leading complex programmes made up of multiple related projects
✅ Building and improving governance, reporting and delivery frameworks
✅ Managing risks, issues, dependencies, budgets and benefits
✅ Supporting and developing Project Managers and delivery teams
✅ Working with senior stakeholders in complex or regulated environments
✅ Digital, IT, infrastructure or organisational change delivery

Recognised qualifications such as MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM or PMP would be highly relevant.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join an organisation with strong values, a real social purpose and a long-term commitment to improving services for the communities it supports.

📍 Glasgow
💰 £72,617 - £77,928 + Defined Pension Contribution
🕒 35 hours per week (3 days on-site / 2 days remote)

Interested or know someone who could be a good fit?

Get in touch with Michael Phair or Stuart Alexander or visit: www.techpair.co.uk

18/06/2026

Why not shout about it when you have worked with a great organisation, had a great result for all parties involved and received glowing words from them.

Spider Online are a well established, small digital agency based in Glasgow, whose clients come back to them time and time again which indicates how well they perform. They approached Tech Pair about the recruitment of two more staff in to the business and within a few weeks, offers for both roles had been made and accepted. Candidates delighted, Tech Pair obviously happy and here is what Ross Hamill, MD at Spider Online had to say......

Reach out to Stuart Alexander or Michael Phair if you are looking to recruit and work with an organisation who can sell your brand, manage the process and most importantly, deliver the quality required.

17/06/2026

Next month Tech Pair turns one and myself and Stuart can’t quite believe it…

A big thank you to our clients, companies and candidates for supporting a startup in its first year!

We now have some incredible client recommendations which we’ll be sharing on our new website launching next week… great feedback our video-first methodology in this market and how it’s made a difference to these organisations hiring strategy.

So yeah it’s all go!

If we can assist you with Tech & Change recruitment either as a company or candidate then please do reach out.

Thanks!

15/06/2026

The AI race is no longer just about who has the “smartest” model.

It’s about who becomes the most useful.

Right now, the AI world feels like a futuristic race:

ChatGPT = usability + memory + everyday adoption
Claude = deep reasoning + strong writing
Gemini = ecosystem + distribution
DeepSeek = lower cost + disruption
Grok = speed + challenger energy
Llama = open-weight potential
Mistral = efficient specialist

And this is where it gets interesting.

For the last year, most people have asked:

“Which AI model is best?”

But businesses are starting to ask a much better question:

“Which AI model is best for this specific job?”

Because the cheapest model might be perfect for high-volume tasks.

The strongest reasoning model might be best for strategy.

The best coding model might sit inside engineering teams.

The most usable model might become the everyday work assistant.

The future probably isn’t one model winning everything.

It’s an AI stack.

Different models.
Different jobs.
Different costs.
Different strengths.

The next 6 months are going to be fascinating.

The real advantage won’t be simply “using AI”.

Everyone will be doing that.

The advantage will be knowing which AI to use, where to use it, and how to make it actually improve the way people work.

That’s the race I’m watching.

And it’s only just getting started.

27/05/2026

Drupal Developer opportunity in Glasgow 🚀

Tech Pair are working with a long-established, employee-owned digital agency who are looking for an experienced Drupal Developer to join their close-knit technical team.

You’ll be working on modern Drupal projects, Drupal 11 upgrades, custom builds, migrations, integrations and wider full-stack development across long-standing client projects.

Hybrid working: 2 days per week in Glasgow city centre
Strong base salary + quarterly bonus potential
Employee Ownership Trust participation
Experienced team, low turnover and sensible working hours

Interested? Apply below or send any questions to [email protected]

26/05/2026

We’re lucky to work with some brilliant clients who genuinely care about getting hiring right.

The best partnerships happen when companies are open to doing things differently, focusing on candidate experience, and showcasing the people and culture behind the role not just the job spec.

That’s exactly why we built Tech Pair. Human-first recruitment simply works 👏

26/05/2026

Drupal Developer | Glasgow Hybrid

We’re working with a long-established, employee-owned digital agency in Glasgow who are looking for an experienced Drupal Developer to join their close-knit technical team.

This one is ideal for someone who wants proper project variety, technical ownership and the chance to work on meaningful long-term client projects without the red tape of a large corporate environment.

You’ll be working across Drupal 9/10/11 projects, including upgrades, custom builds, migrations, integrations and wider full-stack development.

The setup:
📍 Glasgow city center office
🏡 3 days remote
🏢 2 days in the office each week
💰 Competitive base salary DOE
🎁 Quarterly bonus potential
🤝 Employee Ownership Trust participation
🌴 25 days holiday + birthday leave + 9 Scottish public holidays

You’ll need strong PHP experience, commercial Drupal development experience and confidence with things like custom modules, themes, Drush, Composer, Git workflows and JavaScript fundamentals.

Candidates must be within roughly one hour of Central Glasgow due to the hybrid working requirement.

Interested? Apply via this link https://adr.to/wdwkeai

26/05/2026

A proud milestone for Tech Pair. 💙💚

Following a formal RFI/RFP process that began towards the end of last year, Tech Pair has been successfully added to the UK Preferred Supplier List of a global financial services technology organisation for contingent worker supply.

For a business that is still less than a year old, this is a huge moment.

It’s also a strong validation of the model Tech Pair was built around:

Founder-led delivery.
Technology & Change expertise.
Quality over volume.
Compliance and contractor care.
Human recruitment, delivered properly.

We’re looking forward to supporting future contingent worker requirements across areas including Programme Delivery, Business Analysis, Change, Architecture, Software Engineering, Data, Cloud, DevOps, QA and Product.

Thank you to everyone involved in the process for the detail, care and belief that has gone into building Tech Pair from day one.

We’re proud of this step forward and even more excited about what comes next.

Recruitment is changing. We keep it human.

18/05/2026

𝐀𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐕𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭.
𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫.

That’s why we’re keeping these two Glasgow tech searches human.

We’re speaking with:
🔹 Drupal Developers
🔹 DevOps Engineers

Two exclusive, permanent roles with Tech Pair.

Hybrid in central Glasgow: Wednesday + Thursday in the office, within a 10-minute walk of Queen Street and Central.

What makes these roles different?

You won’t be applying blind.

We’ve recorded a hiring-manager video covering:
• the culture
• the management style
• what the first 6–12 months look like
• the kind of person who’ll thrive

And on our side, Stuart Alexander and Michael Phair are doing this properly:
real conversations, hiring-manager-led questions and every CV reviewed by human eyes not only a keyword score.

If you’re a Drupal Developer or DevOps Engineer in or around Glasgow message us a message with “Drupal” or “DevOps” and I’ll we'd be happy to discuss the positions with you.

And if you’re hiring in tech this year and tired of sorting through hundreds of CVs that all look “perfect” this is exactly where Tech Pair can help.

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